About the town » Galston, East Ayrshire, Scotland, Great Britain

Galston is a town in East Ayrshire, Scotland which has a population of 5,000. It is situated in wooded countryside 4 miles up-river from Kilmarnock and is one a group of the small towns located in the Irvine Valley between the towns of Hurlford and Newmilns. To the north of the town is the ruin of Loudoun Castle, the site of Loudoun Castle theme park from 1995 to 2010. In 1874 the population was 4,727.